Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

LJMU Partner Taught

Learning Methods

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Workshop

Module Offerings

6627YCOM-SEP-PAR

Aims

To develop a theoretical knowledge of the concepts of advanced media types and the advanced media production techniques and technologies required to design and develop digital media systems.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Critically evaluate the issues related to advanced media production and technologies.
2.
Appraise and apply the techniques involved in the implementation of an interactive multimedia application.
3.
Critically evaluate the techniques and challenges behind the design and development of an interactive multimedia application.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:Rich internet applications: concepts and definitions, modelling approaches, technologies. User experience: concepts, lifecycle and benefit of UX, tools of UX (e.g. user testing, expert review, persona and etc.). Introduction to Media Production – Media Production standards, Video/Audio CODEC and Compression Techniques Hardware and software technologies - Discussion of the technologies required to support media production Advanced Media Production Technologies: Sound and Video production (capture, format, archiving, streaming, etc…), Media player technologies and Codec, Image and model based scene representations, 3D-modelling from images and video, Media Production online deployment Architecting interactive multimedia solution: information architecture design, dynamic content, data storage, technology integration, application optimization, security and etc. Advance multimedia scripting: media scripting, interaction scripting, real-time animation scripting, data processing and visualization scripting. Workshop session involving the design of a media production artefact in form of a video, animation, or game and using relevant advanced tools and technologies, through group work.
Additional Information:This module broadens the awareness of the design and development of interactive multimedia applications such as Rich Internet Applications.

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